Picture this. A woman, maybe like you, in her 40s enters my baltic office (you’re welcome) says I can’t sleep, feel anxious, am gaining weight I don’t want, and umm, outside of this room, am quite the sweaty Betty. And my skin! Don’t even get me started.
Ok. Ok.
That allll has a name. Sure, you’re 41ish but Betty, you’re in perimenopause. Read More
In joining the Mint team, Dr. Janice Wright MD, adds invaluable much needed care to our community. She brings over 20 years of providing exceptional medical care guiding people through their cancer diagnosis, treatments, and life challenges. We are proud to now include comprehensive and thoughtful cancer care at Mint to help you navigate what are often unclear waters. Read More
Microbiome – you’ve heard of this. It’s all the bugs in our guts plus the stuff they produce. It’s that stuff that’s so important to our health. It can be the difference between being anxious or not, being bloated and gassy or not, gaining weight or not. Every week we discover more about why these critters are so key to our health and longevity.
80k cases of skin cancer are diagnosed yearly in Canada. If you were born after the 90s you’re 3x more likely to get it (1 in 6). What’s a Gen Z, and everyone else, to do?
I can say from personal experience, eczema is a superficial condition but it cuts deep. Physically, it can be torture. Emotionally, no different.
When eczema is acute it’s relatively easy to deal with. Slather some lotion and you’re good to go. When it’s chronic we can go down the rabbit hole of contact allergies, food sensitivities and stress. What a lot of people don’t know is that even chronic eczema can sometimes be easy to deal with.
Have your skin and hair lost their luster this winter? In the aftermath of the cold snap, endless rainstorms and the stress pandemic, maintaining healthy skin and hair in these gloomy times might just mean tweaking your usual routine. Fortunately at Mint, we know how to assist. Take a peek below by clicking below for our best-loved skin and hair helpers including a doctor approved at home skin treatment!
Laser therapy is a non-surgical, and non-invasive way of treating various conditions. It can be used safely on almost every area of the body and can help with both acute and chronic injuries, pain, stiff joints, sore muscles and more.
70% of you aren’t getting enough Vitamin D and it’s ruining everything.
If it’s so vital and most of us don’t have it, why aren’t we routinely tested for vitamin D?
And herein lies my problem.
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder PMDD
Unfortunately, you might know it well. But what do we really know about PMDD.
It’s not all in your head. It’s not all about your hormones either.
It’s not exactly a psychiatric illness. It’s not exactly a gynaecological illness.
PMDD is also not just severe PMS.
So then what is it? And how do we get rid of it?
H. Pylori lives in a lot of us. Buried in our stomachs, living it’s life, protecting itself from our immune system and often causing a host of signs & symptoms including:
